Doreen’s message from the heart for her hero Dimitrios

A regular beggar in the Broad Street area sent a special thanks to a Westside warden for the kind way he treated her.

Doreen McCann created a special greetings card for warden Dimitrios Mitropoulos, made up from old cards, and inside wrote him a message from her heart.

This read: “To the best warden, Demi, thank you for supporting and helping me. Best wishes, Door.”

Dimitrios said: “This was a lovely gesture from someone who has so little.

“Doreen is one of our regular beggars and I always take time to talk and listen to her, gently moving her on or helping with advice.

“She told me that this makes her feel like a human being, which was a touching comment, as while we aim to get beggars off the street we always try to care for everybody as individuals.”

Mike Olley, general manager at Westside BID, said: “One of the roles of our wardens is to keep beggars and homeless people to a minimum in the area.

“But when moving them on, we have a strong emphasis on the pastoral side, trying to give them options of where to go and how they can be helped.

“This doesn’t always work, but if we can help just one person it’s worthwhile making the effort.”

Mike added: “Hearing about Doreen’s card for Dimitrios just shows how respected our wardens are.”

By Steve Dyson.

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